violence president and. his rivals are planning a coup. to protest at guantanamo bay u.s. military officials admit to a hunger strike trying to commit suicide as part of a desperate act of defiance which is now. two months. police in america struggle to find even a suspect for the worst domestic terror attack since nine eleven monday's boston bombings killed three and injured one hundred. britain says farewell to the controversial lady. who continues to divide the nation even in death.

it's just after six pm here in the russian capital this is the life with me. venezuela's opposition leader has called off a protest march blame the government for post-election violence that has left seven people dead and the country is on the edge of political chaos softer a razor thin majority in sunday's presidential vote essentially split the nation right down the middle new president nicolas maduro is accuse the opposition of planning a coup as aussies test the report. this is the sound of a ferry to fight a nation post-election venezuela what you can hear now are proud to have crying for supporters the ability to get the feel of the opposition here to support us to stay at home and this makes this the sign of their protests because my thought of being a president who had won by a very narrow margin had urged fireworks around the city from his supporters to capture this. syntax model had also banned protests in the center in

downtown half past he said for security reasons now we know we see that after the elections here and it is well the nation is clearly divided almost split into two now the support for model is just about fifty percent and he is facing a very tough battle as the president has accused the pillar scour of the violence that has occurred the government say that already seven people have died from this post-election violence the pinas say that it was one of us who was behind this number that has also said that everything the opposition is doing is affected by the united states he says the prius is pointing out all the evidence of election fraud he said there were five hundred thirty five voting. machines that were damaged and so the two sides we're really fighting off. the fight to rebuild israel is really not has clearly not ended after the presidential election and as far as

my goodness the surge the first thing it has to do is unite a very divided nation and of course one of the biggest challenges is really cool coach obvious issues his predecessor it will be very hard for him to move forward fixing the problems of the country making sure the government the military is behind it and of course the population. that has are silly report from caracas now almost half of the population in venezuela did vote for. he's a rich kid who wants to improve ties with washington d.c. though many say the media has been instrumental in his successes and outsell you why six percent of the t.v. channels across venezuela are owned by the government the ninety four percent a typically owned by people who affiliate themselves with the opposition so that makes it a lot easier for the voices of the opposition to get louder and get more national exposure and that is why i don't do bar an antiwar activist and political analyst

told my colleague bill daughter bit earlier that that's why it's going to be all the most difficult for supporters all of. their voices heard except for the state media channel the government has no access to the public over the airwaves the remaining media are in the hands of private concerns which backed the right wing governments that were in venezuela up until go chavez that back to kuwait actually participated in the coup in two thousand and two and have been trying to find a way to unseat the ball of government since it took power so the government can either stand idly by and watch as who one folds on the streets in front of it or connect the us is refusing to accept except the election result will what's its role in all of this now while this election is not as contested as the two thousand or two thousand and four presidential elections in the united states venezuela is the nexus point for the standing up of the global south you know what you see us

behavior elsewhere where minor interests are threatened this is an existential threat to the global germany of u.s. capital and they're going to try this to squash it if they can. this is r.t. now u.s. military officials have admitted to detainees on hunger strike at guantanamo bay recently tried to commit suicide but they defended a prison guard raid on cells over the weekend which resulted in violent clashes with several inmates that we spoke to a four month guantanamo bay prison a bag he was released from that is the tension center without charge after two years and at the end of the day he believes the white house will never end up shutting down the facility. there has to be a will and i don't think that the will exists certainly have still got people in guantanamo eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send these individuals to places where they're supposed to have a basic normal life and i don't know where the will is going to come when when

still problems that were instituted at the time of bush have not been cleared at the time of the hunger strike is a. is an action of desperation they had an old very well in one tunnel that the only way you can get your rights is by taking extruding measures and of course the hunger strike is something something that's been going on and off for the past eleven years this time around i think the numbers that i heard from the lawyers and so forth is it's close to three quarters of the prisoners that are there because they've been there for such a long time almost none of them have been charged with any any recognizable crime and had they been convicted of a crime of terrorism they would have surface sentences by now most of them and i think that's what the the prisoners there protesting about the process and about the conditions they're protesting about the water and i remember the water that used to come from the taps at the time when i was there it used to be yellow and undrinkable and not much has changed in that regard because the abuse says that the

religious abuses are still taking place the prisons are still complaining about those things through the lawyers and even one of them has just recently written something through his lawyer in the end when the american papers and when he talks about that you people are slowly killing us without establishing any evidence against us at all. well a former senior politicians and members of the u.s. military have now joined the chorus accusing officials of contributing to the spread of torture in fact an independent american think tank released a report pointing to abuse or guantanamo of the constitution project concluded it was beyond dispute that torture indeed had been carried out or that the practice has damaged america's moral standing and its ability to criticize others but also it suggests the u.s. personnel actually have not been put at greater risk if indeed they were taken captive the panel concluded that the door remains open for more torture on no one is brought to account for what's already happened and one of the critics of former

ambassador james jones he says most guantanamo detainees now have completely lost all all hope. you have the majority of these prisoners for whom our government has said there's no reason to hold them anymore we don't want them they're not there they're not accused of anything and yet they have not taken the actions that are necessary to remove these these prisoners from guantanamo and send them back to their home countries or to a neutral country where they will not be tortured force feeding under the circumstances we found is tantamount to torture what is inhumane is a treatment for some prisoners in solitary confinement for many many hours at a time sometimes many days the separation from other prisoners so that you don't have that social contact that's that is a form of torture that should be stopped i think the biggest torture however for

the majority of the prisoners in guantanamo is the lack of hope the fact that they thought that after they were judged. by our government as not necessary not terrorists not needed for information that they should be released and now their concern in many of these that are on the starvation diet many of these i understand just last hope they think they'll never be able to leave guantanamo and that's the reason for their action. so good to have you with us here on r.t. today a crowd turned out to say our last goodbye to former prime minister margaret thatcher has been laid to rest in london however alongside the thousands paying their last respects where protesters gathered for what they called maggie's good riddance party the news of factors death at the age of eighty seven last week was met with both mournful comment and cheerful celebration as she's famous for winning the fall plans conflict against argentina and helping to end the cold war over

a number for hardline policies did not sit well with parts of the public including her big stand off with the coal miners and let's discuss the controversy the thatcher is still causing even after death with tim bale professor of politics and the author of the conservatives from that chair to cameron joining us here live on r.t. good to see you today the iron lady has been laid to rest some shed tears others celebrated are you glad or sad. or move personally an academic observer so i try not to take your line either way on that but you are absolutely right to say she's a polarizing figure and the debate in britain since she died a few days ago has certainly i think been testament to that well you know so i suppose you leave me to my next point because we saw crowds partying after her death was announced and what is there truthfully to celebrate with the passing of the only female prime minister. well you have to think about margaret thatcher's

performance while she was in power while have a policy is really liberalize the british economy it also a great deal of harm as some see it anyway to britain's manufacturing sector and that was concentrated in particular parts of the country as you mentioned the miners it wasn't just the miners it was also people who worked in steel and shipbuilding etc and there's a great deal of resentment in those parts of the country that the economic restructuring that took place took place if you like at their cost and those areas have never really recovered so there are a. number of people i think you think that she left them really with nothing while large parts of the country in the southeast in particular in london in particular the city of london if you like did very well so there's a kind of us of then feel about it discussing thatcher's impact our prime minister cameron said quote we are all thatcherites now what do you what do you think he meant by that i think he meant really that if you look at the way that britain is run these days in the way the economy works in particular it's true to say that

before mrs thatcher came along large parts of industry were in the public sector all our utilities for example were controlled by the state or railways were controlled by the state nowadays that's very different we get our gas we get our electricity we get all water in this country from private companies and that's a completely different state of affairs it's also the case that large numbers of people before she came along lived in houses provided by the state or local authorities nowadays that's much less rare much less common the problem being however is that there were very few houses built in order to accommodate that change so again there's a kind of legacy there which is difficult for some people but good for those who managed to buy their houses and get onto the property ladder now many heads of states and other big names are attending a magnet that there's a funeral today the ceremony itself there reportedly cost at least ten million pounds you think that's a bit much considering that there's a age of austerity we're all living in at the moment well look i mean i think it's

obviously very expensive but this is really a very very rare occasion someone with a kind of political importance she was the first woman prime minister she changed this country in all sorts of ways for good or ill probably deserves a pretty good goodbye and i think to be honest if we're going to do this then then we're going to have to do it properly and i think that costs money with the policing costs alone contributed to that so i think while there are some people who . very ambivalent about her there are i think quite a lot of people who feel that you know she deserved this kind of sendoff maybe it could have been a little bit cheaper but i think when you go in for this kind of thing you can't really afford to student if you like on the cost of politics professor tim bell author of the conservative party from factor to cameron joining us live here on r.t.e. a great pleasure thanks for sharing your time with us today thanks for. well may be gone but you continue to divide the nation you can learn more about how the british

reacted to her death on our website that's our t.v. dot com. and margaret thatcher is a tenure as prime minister was a subject and lively discussion on cross talk of people of elle's guests offering a very very different takes on what defines our political legacy for now a very quick look for you. she's a terrible disappointment but she had great power and. great responsibility i think that might be a quote from spiderman but it's not funny margaret thatcher did tremendous things for the middle class in the sense that she was promoted to them ownership she she she deregulated finance and reregulated finance to break the aristocratic club of the upper class she allowed the working class and the middle class to finally own their own homes and start their own businesses there's a reason why during her tenure the u.k. had the largest business investment the largest growth in business investment in europe is because i'm sure her policies were

a huge boon to entrepreneurs and i think the strong support she got from the working class bears that out and vindicates those policies like i said before she had only fifteen percent of the city with some strong support from the working people and so do all the workers alike a long term decline. go ahead the problem is that what you've gotten so well for long term decline. you can watch of the full edition of cross talk here on r.t. in about fifteen minutes time. well for now it is a quarter past the hour and still to come here on our search for suspects u.s. authorities are still hunting for clues as to who might be behind the deadly boston marathon bombings examine the issues facing the country's domestic security. and russia's top opposition activist facing a decade in prison for alleged embezzlement a case he claims is politically motivated those details and more after a short break.

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the international landlords in the very heart of moscow. from moscow this is ati police still have no suspects of monday's boston bombings which killed three and injured one hundred eighty explosives are placed in pressure cookers and packed with nails ball bearings and other bits of metal ripped through competitors on spectators during the city's marathon in fact the pictures behind me right now at live pictures from the same now this was there was domestic attack since nine eleven happening despite the u.s. investing billions in security for over a decade from boston now in auntie's anastasio chicken. the picture perfect city of boston brings back memories and fears that americans have not dealt with since

september eleventh. it really hasn't hit me yet. like i had i couldn't sleep last night i'm constantly like anxious nervous and i can't focus on my studies because i'm a graduate student a block from where it happens like wow like if i really had the investigation is yet to determine whether the attack was carried out domestically or by a foreigner and whether or not individuals were behind this and even though officials say there's no longer an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar action in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the

attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are the results and have all these efforts created anything more than an illusion of safety and. boston massachusetts. and in the meantime of received thousands of tips photos and videos as they continue to search. focusing on people carrying heavy bags all back to try and find the post new may have planted the explosives shortly before the blast brian becker and antiwar activist believes america's reliance on its military to keep itself safe has now affected its domestic security. since september eleventh the united states government has sent spent hundreds of billions of dollars for government security agencies right now i'm sure as happened after september eleventh private

security companies are salivating over the new contracts that are are soon to come of course there is a business there there's a there's profits and even mega profits made by this kind of security apparatus but you can see in the case of boston they don't have any leads right now there was no indication that such an attack was coming so is it possible by the by by using military methods and security methods alone to stop terrorist attacks to protect society i don't think so we can see though that the u.s. policy at home and abroad as well is almost exclusively based on. towards a security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure . this is r.t. and the trial of russia's top opposition activist. now adjourned for a week he's accused of taking half a million dollars from a state run tend the company he advised nearly four years ago and the anti

corruption blogger insists however the case against him is politically motivated details now from his come off the court hearing ended just around one hour after starting defense appealed to the judge to reschedule saying they didn't have enough time to properly get ready and the judge agreed to reschedule for next week so i. exited the courthouse behind me surrounded by a crowd of journalists and supporters in fact we're told that some people had to camp out here throughout the night in front of the courthouse to get in since the room inside fits only around sixty people and there's a very heavy media presence and lots of supporters here as well earlier we saw two separate rallies taking place right across the street from one another one well in support. and the other one i guess but both were conducted quite peacefully. a well known and controversial figure in russia first of all he's an opposition

blogger who made his name by conducting his online anti corruption project he's also a fierce critic of the kremlin and one of the most influential opposition activists and leaders especially during last year's we. just but the controversial side is. open connection to russian nationalists now about this particular case the authorities are accusing. of organizing a criminal scheme to steal around a half a million dollars worth of timber from a state company and this was back in two thousand and nine when he was the aide to the local governor here in cuba but his supporters claim that this case is a political. straight to egypt now to open up the update that's where the prime minister has been sentenced to one year in prison and stripped of his post for failing to comply with a court decision. deal and his cabinet had been ordered to cancel the sale of state owned cotton to a saudi businessman but he refused to implement the verdict. activists and families

of palestinian detainees kept in israeli jails are rallying across the palestinian territories to mock prison as day by calling on the international community to intervene to release some inmates especially those on hunger strike or the recent deaths behind bars of abu one dia from cancer earlier this month sparked massive protests the palestinian prisoners society claims almost five thousand people and now being kept inside israeli jails more than two hundred and fifteen of them being children. well as palestinians rally on prisoners' day at least two rockets have hit israel's southern most town of at last the missiles were fired from inside egypt volatile sinai region although they landed in open areas and cause no damage or injuries southern israel was placed on high alert after reports an al qaeda cell based in sinai was preparing a multiple attack. thirty four people have been killed dozens injured in pakistan

following a seven point five earthquake centered on the country's border with iran tremors and aftershocks were felt throughout the potion gulf all the way to india and just over a week ago another earthquake which southern iran left thirty seven dead. islamic extremism is gaining support in germany and fear of the enemy is at the gates of the bundestag and to curb the spread the government's banned several radical religious groups and some worry that germany's delicate history with extremism could stop both already doing what's really needed her all of the reports. germany is cracking down on islamic extremism and the latest move three some of the store guys asians were banned after it was deemed they wanted to implement sharia law in the heart of europe those behind making the ban insist they're not anti islamic just up holding the law we have more than five million muslims living in germany

and there's a lot of fruit for cooperation and living together and i think that has to be safeguarded as well as germany's open society and we are able to integrate all people why where is religion or whatever but on the other hand if someone wants to stay in germany he has to fulfill the obligations to keep the laws to accept that we have special laws in fight against terrorism for example and who is keeping these laws has no problems who is not keeping the laws has no right to stay in germany the decision to outlaw these groups coincided with police boiling an assassination attempt on one of radical islam's biggest critics far right party chief markets by need of mars i and i underestimated the danger that's a laugh it's supposed they were arrested very near my house this brings the situation into a whole new dimension my life has changed now i cannot walk without police

protection not even shopping i'm picked up from home dropped off at work we're driving in a bulletproof car this is very difficult to have such a lifestyle just because you engage in politics with your. in all four people were arrested with bomb making equipment and loaded weapons found in their possession by six critics say he brought this on himself his party incensed members of germany's islamic community last year after tearing the tory is mohammed cartoons around german cities symbols that are deeply offensive to muslims. this is fascination attempt shows that now they want us to shut up with the use of violence in their eyes islamic extremism should not be allowed to be questioned and if you do you end up on a death list it's dangerous a scary development salafism is one of germany's fastest growing islamic sects distracting both muslims and calling virtues fishel figures show their numbers are

growing by the thousand every year those who fear what they see is the islamification of germany believe the country's previous experience with extremism leaves it unwilling to see the risks of probably a bit odd to get their traffic the problem is that germany's always afraid of the danger from the right because of our past we're very sensitive about that as we should be but the danger of islamification is totally underestimated we will not capitulate we will not stop we will not abandon our path was the banning of groups with links to extremism is the way security services are looking to tackle potentially violent organizations however this leaves the question will it drive extremism underground perhaps making it more difficult to thwart future attacks peter all of her r.t. germany. i know next as promised he'd love ellen cross-talk and his guests are debating the political legacy of margaret thatcher in just a moment on that your nazi.